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(123,783 posts) Sat May 24, 2025, 01:39 PM May 24

Rambling West Point address about trophy wives, golf and Al Capone [View all]

Katie Hawkinson
in Washington, D.C.
Saturday 24 May 2025 18:15 BST

... “An example is a great athlete, Gary Player, great golfer ... He’s a friend of mine, he gets a little angry at people ... “He said, ‘I hit the ball further than them. Why am I small?’ ...

Trump then pivoted to a discussion about real estate developer William Levitt ...

“He was great at what he did,” Trump said of Levitt. “You see him all over the country, still Levittowns. This was a long time ago, but he was a first of the really, really big home builders, and he became very rich, a very rich man, and then he decided to sell ... He ended up getting a divorce, found a new wife. Could you say a trophy wife? I guess we can say a trophy wife. It didn't work out too well, but it doesn't – that doesn't work out too well, I must tell ya. A lot of trophy wives” ...

“I was investigated more than the great late Alphonse Capone,” Trump told the West Point graduates ...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-west-point-address-dei-immigration-b2757275.html

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Rambling West Point address about trophy wives, golf and Al Capone [View all] struggle4progress May 24 OP

This should frighten everyone cause he really believes it malaise May 24 #1

He loves to display his idiocy like a peacock Blue Owl May 24 #2

That entire article is worth reading UpInArms May 24 #3

It seems that trumps speech writers can't even write an inspiring speech for West Point Grads--but maybe riversedge May 24 #4

If one of his handlers ever convinced Trump to do a fireside chat, he'd choose to do it in front of a burning cross. sop May 24 #25

Disappointing that POTUS didn't stay to shake hands with the West Point graduates but left halfway through commencement. riversedge May 24 #5

He was too bored to shake hands with future suckers and losers SallyHemmings May 24 #9

Good, though. I certainly wouldn't want that scumbag touching me. Grokenstein May 24 #16

The soldiers in Trump's Big Extravaganza should leave halfway during the parade. sop May 24 #31

Trump's speech was insane, he should have been dragged off the stage in a straitjacket by men in white. sop May 24 #6

Trump is like the real-life version of Seinfeld's portrayal of George Steinbrenner. LudwigPastorius May 24 #11

"merely the ravings of a maniac, no more worthy nor capable of explanation than the incoherence's Ping Tung May 24 #7

Perfection. erronis May 24 #20

Readability Analyzer on the excerpt in the OP, Flesch-Kincaid grade level: 3.73 tanyev May 24 #8

...and then I brushed my teeth and saw that the television was on. Good show. Great show. It was artemisia1 May 24 #10

Just disgusting. He rambles 💩 to West Point graduates about nothing of substance with that stupid red hat on Deuxcents May 24 #12

Jesus...he said this too... chowder66 May 24 #13

God save us Hekate May 24 #14

Somebody, anybody, save us. Dem2theMax May 24 #18

Lock him up Grim Chieftain May 24 #24

And the asshole who wrote it for him! chowder66 May 24 #27

"The job of the U.S. Armed Forces is...to spread democracy to everybody around the world at the point of a gun," LudwigPastorius May 24 #40

Transcripts are all being scrubbed by his handlers now. Would everything be on the Wayback Machine? Hekate May 24 #15

I read that the Wayback Machine was having dry heaves. Refusing to accept this shit. erronis May 24 #22

Kermit the Frog BlueMTexpat May 24 #17

Geez Figarosmom May 24 #19

Here's the speech via Meidas Touch red dog 1 May 24 #21

Can't watch - every second my IQ drops. I'd soon be in maggot territory. erronis May 24 #23

please, it is MAGAt Skittles May 24 #26

was he invited to speak there? Skittles May 24 #28

By far, the most disgusting graduation speech ever. Totally Tunsie May 24 #29

Rick Wilson explains Trump's dementia PJMcK May 24 #30

Reminder: Hannity and that weirdo MAGA swimmer were very mad that the University of Maryland Prairie Gates May 24 #32

here's a few highlights from his speech to West Point cadets this morning. LetMyPeopleVote May 24 #33

"Levitt was great at what he did" PedroXimenez May 24 #34

He needs to be in memory care facility Bread and Circuses May 24 #35

Tapper is frantically writing the book right now. Traildogbob May 24 #36

Yeah, djt is such an ideal, uplifting, inspiring role model for upcoming generations. nt allegorical oracle May 24 #37

Mr Bone Spurs on Memorial Day BigmanPigman May 24 #38

I like POTUS who shakes the hands of each military academy graduate at a graduation cermony LetMyPeopleVote May 24 #39